Mitch Moreland

Cole Hamels understood not getting to finish the eighth inning of his debut with the Texas Rangers. Hamels, who threw a no-hitter in his final start for Philadelphia, walked off the mound with a three-run lead over the San Francisco Giants after giving up a two-run double on his 97th pitch Saturday night. Three batters later, the score was tied, and the Rangers went on to lose 9-7 in 11 innings. "All of us in this situation, we always want to go as long as we possibly can," Hamels said. "I respect the decision and understand it. ... It's always nice to see guys that come in who are fresh. Sometimes it doesn't work, and sometimes it does." Reliever Tanner...

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The summary
The White Sox took two out of three from the Rangers when Gordon Beckham led off the 11th with a home run off Alex Claudio for a 3-2 victory in front of 33,668 at U.S. Cellular Field.
On the mound
Jose Quintana pitched seven strong innings,...

The Dodgers were looking as if they were in a hurry to get out of town, as if they wanted to beat the coming storm or the Rangers to the airport, or at least beat them back to Los Angeles, where they will resume this odd home-and-away series against...

Win some, lose some. In the course of a 162-game schedule, every team will do plenty of both.
When the Dodgers look back on their 4-1 loss to the Rangers on Monday at -- deep breath now -- Globe Life Park in Arlington, they may have trouble remembering...

BOSTON (AP) — Phil Klein allowed one run in his first major league start, Robinson Chirinos hit a solo homer and the Texas Rangers beat the Boston Red Sox 2-1 on Wednesday night.
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Barring emergencies, Alex Rodriguez will not play third base or first again this season.
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